Heart attack symptoms different for women

No matter what country you were born or grew up in, it’s a proved statistic that women have far fewer heart problems than men.

Moreover, for women heart attack symptoms are not exactly the classical reality, a fact that can lead to administration of inadequate treatment, say U.S. doctors.

Starting from the study of the “British Heart Foundation”, we tried to outline a map with features of cardiac problems in Romania, through Mr. Aws Adnan interventional cardiologist doctor, University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.

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Socialize if you want to be thin

One of the alternatives to diets with no results could be socializing, say U.S. scientists who have found that in the company of other people, we lose weight, while living in isolation stimulates fat deposits.

According to a report by them and published in Cell Metabolism, active environments stimulate the conversion of fat white (ie unhealthy) in brown fat (ie healthy). But what is white fat, brown fat, good fat and bad fat?

Just as with cholesterol, not all dangerous items that you know hurt us. Moreover, it seems that fat is sometimes very healthy! Thus, the white accumulates around the waist, abdomen, internal organs and causing suffocating different serious condition.

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New Methods to Diagnose Breast Cancer

Minimally invasive biopsy methods for diagnosis of breast cancer are as accurate as surgical biopsy, but less risky, according to a recent report by the Agency for Health.

These different methods of “needle biopsy”, which involves harvesting a tissue through a needle inserted through the skin hole in the breast under local anesthesia.

Currently, open surgical biopsy is considered the standard method for evaluation of suspicious breast lesions.

Needle biopsy can be distinguished as well but benign lesions (cancer) from malignant (cancer) in addition shows a much lower risk of complications compared to surgical procedure.

The decision on how to assess an injury to fully belong to the patient’s breast, in cooperation with her ​​doctor.

Because it is less invasive, needle biopsy involves a lower cost than surgical biopsy, consume fewer resources, and is generally preferred by patients.

In addition, due to recent technological improvements, such as guide stereotactic, ultrasound or aspiration vacuum guide, needle biopsy is a very accurate assessment and diagnosis.